Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

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